Colin Croft

This Australian tour will separate men from boys

The West Indies selectors have come up with some surprises, and maybe a few topics for debate, ahead of the forthcoming tour of Australia

24-Oct-2000•Colin Croft

Windward Islands lift Red Stripe Bowl

Windward Islands cricket is slowly coming of age

23-Oct-2000•Colin Croft

Windward Islands go through to Red Stripe Bowl final

The Windward Islands defeated Jamaica by four wickets in the second semi-final of the Red Stripe Bowl at Sabina Park, Kingston, on Saturday

22-Oct-2000•Colin Croft

Bats struggle as Leewards win Red Stripe Bowl semi

If no-one knew it before, this is the sort of game which readily indicates the state of cricket in the West Indies

21-Oct-2000•Colin Croft

Roy Clifton Fredericks: A very hard, uncompromising cricketer: A tribute

The death of Roy Clifton Fredericks, "Freddo" to those who knew him well, was something of a shock to me

06-Sep-2000•Colin Croft

A War of Attrition; The Devil Takes the Hindmost

One thing was certainly obvious after the end of the 4th day's play

03-Sep-2000•Colin Croft

Again!! West Indies in Shambles

I think it was Nat "King" Cole, the Blues & Soul singer, who had a major hit song called "Again" some time in the past

02-Sep-2000•Colin Croft

A strange day

Even though there was a loss of more than 200 minutes on this second day, it was sometimes hard to understand the plans or indeed the plot of both teams

01-Sep-2000•Colin Croft

Almost even honors: England 60%: West Indies 40

As someone mentioned very early in the piece, "This was old fashioned Test cricket"

31-Aug-2000•Colin Croft

Insight to a cricket team - interview with West Indies captain Jimmy Adams

Jimmy Adams, the present captain of the West Indies cricket team, has some special qualities for someone put into the important and sometimes unenviable position

27-Aug-2000•Colin Croft

Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh: The End of a Special Combination; the End of an Era!

Come the final Test at the Kennington Oval starting later this week, a very special fast bowling partnership, half of which, Courtney Walsh, started in 1984/5 at Perth, Australia, the other half, Curtly Ambrose, starting in 1988 at Georgetwon,

26-Aug-2000•Colin Croft

The dreaded mancunian weather ruins a possible epic

Overnight, it was all set up so nicely

08-Aug-2000•Colin Croft

Lara's Magnificent Return

The day started with the West Indies still in deficit by 15 runs but with nine 2nd innings wickets still in hand

06-Aug-2000•Colin Croft

A Day of Encouraging Fortunes for the West Indies

The figures speak for themselves

05-Aug-2000•Colin Croft

England, due to Alec Stewart's brilliance, fully in control

"Things really did not go according to plan

04-Aug-2000•Colin Croft

A Day of Strange happenings

Nothing was strange about the team selections

03-Aug-2000•Colin Croft

Test No. 3: West Indies v England - A week of leisure before the fire!!

This last week had some very enjoyable moments, and a rather sad some one too, for me

30-Jul-2000•Colin Croft

Conditions will not change much. Attitudes must

If I were living in olden times, I might have been burnt at the stake for being a Soothsayer

26-Jul-2000•Colin Croft

Whatever happens, the West Indies must now focus on the "real" job at hand

The immediate watchword, the absolute end-of-the-line, desperate word in the West Indies cricket team's dictionary, now, MUST be "focus"

17-Jul-2000•Colin Croft

Three Teams in 2000 Nat West One Day Competition; Only One Winner!!

If anyone had been sufficiently objective in trying to select a winner, before the start, of this presently ongoing NatWest One-Day Competition, they certainly should have selected England first

10-Jul-2000•Colin Croft

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